Greek verb · G2059
ἑρμηνεύω
hermeneuoher-mayn-yoo'-o
to explain.; to interpret
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hermēneúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2059is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2059
to translate
The King James renders it: interpret.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hermeneuo is rendered "to explain.; to interpret". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to explain.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.John 1:42Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
John 1:42ἑρμηνεύεται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to explain., and to interpret.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to explain. | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 1:42Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John… |
| to interpretLuk.24:27 (WH | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 24:27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἑρμηνεία | hermeneia | interpretation | Uses2 |
All 3, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἑρμηνεύεται2
- ἑρμηνευόμενος1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PPI-3S
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PPP-NSM
John
two uses
Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
- ἑρμηνεύεταιhermeneuetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: means
Then He told him, “Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing.
- ἑρμηνεύεταιhermeneuetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: means
Hebrews
one use
and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”
- ἑρμηνευόμενοςhermeneuomenosverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being translated
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.